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LEVELS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY.
AP.VE BEEN IN A POSITION TO AGREE TO WORDING REFERRING TO HONG KONG
A DELEGATION SUCH AS THIS WOULD NOT
ALONE.
IN
8. OUR INABILITY TO REACH AGREEMENT AT THIS TIME MAY ALSO RELATE TO
THE DIFF ULTIES CHINA IS HAVING NEGOTIATING AN AIR-SERVIC
AGREEMENT WITH THE UK ON THE USE OF HONG KONG AFTER 1997. BRITISH
AIRWAYS' RECENT PURCHASE OF 25 PER CENT OF QANTAS MAY ALSO HAVE
(QUITE INCORRECTLY) COLOURED CHINESE VIEWS ON THIS ISSUE.
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE, CHARGE LU FENGDING AND AMBASSADOR
LIGHTOWLER ON 11 AUGUST, THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP BY LU, AND HE WAS
LEFT IN NO DOUBT AS TO THE IRRELEVANCE OF BRITISH AIRWAYS HOLDING IN
QANTAS TO THE AUSTRALIA/CHINA ASA.
9.
SEPARATELY, AS YOU WILL BE AWARE, WITH REGARD TO HONG
KONG/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES, AUSTRALIA HAS NEGOTIATED AN ASA WITH
HỒNG KÔNG, THIS WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY CHINA FOR SIGNATURE IN THE
JLG. IT IS PLANNED TAHT THE AGREEMENT WILL BE SIGNED DURING SENATOR
COOK'S VISIT NEXT MONTH. THE ASA PROVIDES FOR THE DOUBLING OF
PRE-1992 CAPACITY AND FOR AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES TO EXPAND THEIR
SERVICES TO ASIAN AND EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS AFTER 1997.
'FOR LONDON AND HONG KONG
10. YOU MAY WISH TO DRAW ON THE ABOVE IN BRIEFING YOUR
INTERLOCUTORS ON THE OUTCOME OF RECENT AVIATION TALKS WITH THE PRC.
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